Friday, 15 December 2006

A better "tuning aid chart" received today. While this is better than the previous one, still needed image processing (slant fix) and it's not complete. It is obvious I got the final part of the transmitted "chart".

8678 kHz, 2247z

The following transmissions were noisy so I didn't uploaded any of them. Again it is a stormy day, we had 2 X-ray flares within 20 hours.

Geophysical Activity Forecast: The geomagnetic field is expected to range from active to major storm levels for 15 December. This activity is due to the CME observed on 13 December. Unsettled to active conditions are expected for 16 and 17 December.

That's not a promising forecast... It really discourages me from hunting other HF-Fax transmission from distant places... But right now I have Louisiana... Stay tuned...

Probably they updated their chart or the chart is created "on the fly" and sometimes they let it run more. Since my chart is rather old, it's a nice idea to try again and see what I can get. What time did you received the chart?

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This is my main listening post. Nowadays, I mostly use my new Icom R75 (a magnificent receiver), which is fed by the PAR Electronics EF-SWL antenna. The famous Sangean ATS 909 is still my faithful companion, attached to a simple Inverted-L 5m by 14m made from junk parts, plus a matching transformer, which magically cuts PC noise, allowing the use of software decoders!